Who appointed M. Christina Armijo?

President George W. Bush appointed M. Christina Armijo to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in 2001.

Was M. Christina Armijo appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

M. Christina Armijo was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was M. Christina Armijo's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed M. Christina Armijo 100–0 on November 6, 2001.

District of New Mexico / Appointed 2001 / Senior status since 2018

M. Christina Armijo

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and confirmed by the Senate 100–0, M. Christina Armijo is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. She earned a law degree from University of New Mexico School of Law in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1951 · age 75
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2001
Confirmed: 100–0
Education: University of New Mexico 1972 · University of New Mexico Law 1975
Succeeded by: Kea Whetzal Riggs

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2001	District of New Mexico	G.W. Bush (R)	100–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 100–0 on November 6, 2001 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 325. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 100

50 D, 49 R, 1 I

Education

University of New Mexico	B.A.	1972
University of New Mexico School of Law	J.D.	1975

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Armijo was assigned 1,146 district-court cases (1992–2017). Median time from filing to termination: 236 days across 1,146 closed cases.

Civil rights28%

Personal-injury torts17%

Prisoner & habeas14%

Contract12%

Other federal statutes9%

Labor & ERISA6%

Other15%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 89 of Armijo’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 79 were affirmed, 6 reversed or vacated, and 4 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Armijo authored 18 published opinions for the court (2002–2011). Most cited: Porcell v. Lincoln Wood Products, Inc. (31 citations).

A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Recent & notable rulings

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2010	Porcell v. Lincoln Wood Products, Inc.	713 F. Supp. 2d 1305	31
2002	Qwest Corp. v. City of Santa Fe, New Mexico	224 F. Supp. 2d 1305	23
2008	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Jimenez	406 B.R. 935	15
2006	Miller Ex Rel. SM v. BOARD OF EDU. OF ALBUQUERQUE	455 F. Supp. 2d 1286	13
2009	David Otero v. National Distributing Co., Inc.	627 F. Supp. 2d 1232	7
2006	Nextel West Corp. v. TOWN OF EDGEWOOD, NEW MEXICO	479 F. Supp. 2d 1219	7
2006	Apodaca v. Discover Financial Services	417 F. Supp. 2d 1220	6
2005	Underberg v. United States	362 F. Supp. 2d 1278	5
2007	American Civil Liberties Union v. Santillanes	506 F. Supp. 2d 598	4
2003	Vallo v. United States	298 F. Supp. 2d 1231	4
2008	United States v. Tafoya	541 F. Supp. 2d 1181	2
2007	United States v. Morales	489 F. Supp. 2d 1250	1
2004	Sanders v. Santa Fe Public Schools	383 F. Supp. 2d 1305	1
2011	United States v. Wankel	803 F. Supp. 2d 1334	0
2009	US Airways, Inc. v. O'DONNELL	706 F. Supp. 2d 1135	0

Showing the 15 most-cited of 18 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed M. Christina Armijo?: President George W. Bush appointed M. Christina Armijo to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in 2001.
Was M. Christina Armijo appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: M. Christina Armijo was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was M. Christina Armijo's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed M. Christina Armijo 100–0 on November 6, 2001.
Which court is M. Christina Armijo on?: M. Christina Armijo is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.

Sources

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24 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).